Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbuji-Mayi weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mbuji-Mayi: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (24 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mbuji-Mayi, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbuji-Mayi ranks 9th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 30th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Mbuji-Mayi is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mbuji-Mayi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 140 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 128 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 144 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.9 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 32.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 32 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 159 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 183 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 170 | 23.9 | 12.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Miabi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 24 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Gandajika in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Kananga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kanyama in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Mweka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Lodja in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 73 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mbuji-Mayi) is explained once on the Mbuji-Mayi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Miabi lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.